After Derick finished dealing with Phantylia, he fell to the ground.
Castorice and the others quickly rushed forward.
"Derick, are you alright?" Castorice asked anxiously.
On her way over, she had heard from Fu Xuan that Derick had borrowed the power of the Reignbow Arbiter. To borrow the power of an Aeon… Castorice couldn't imagine the backlash it would bring.
"I'm fine. Just a bit drained from using the Arbiter's power," Derick said, raising his hand to show Castorice he was mostly okay.
After a careful look and seeing that there was indeed nothing majorly wrong with him, Castorice breathed a sigh of relief.
The others also had their eyes on Derick. Seeing that he was fine after using Lan's power, they also felt relieved.
At that moment, Phantylia's body began to react violently. Her entire body started to swell and expand, and the energy contained within seemed about to explode.
Phantylia's physical body reached its limit and then exploded into Abundance energy. Faced with this explosion, Jing Yuan, Feixiao, and the others immediately put up barriers to block it, preventing it from harming anyone else.
As Phantylia's body exploded, Derick's fourth clone used the force of the blast to leave the Xianzhou Luofu.
If I leave the fourth clone here on the Luofu, it will definitely fall into Ruan Mei's hands. That's not good. If the clones are all gathered together, my own life safety would be in some danger, Derick thought to himself.
Only by keeping the clones sufficiently scattered could he protect his own safety and that of the clones to the greatest extent. That's why Derick had found an opportunity for his clone to slip away.
Everyone's attention had been on Phantylia just now. Even Jing Yuan and Feixiao's attention had been on Derick. This gave him the opportunity to operate his clone. Plus, his second clone had been behaving too honestly around Ruan Mei, which created the habitual illusion that it wouldn't take much initiative.
That was why he had found a way to detonate the energy in Phantylia's body, thereby creating a chance to escape.
One last important point was that the importance of his fourth clone was far less than Phantylia's. If she had tried to escape at this time, the generals would not have relaxed in the slightest and would have definitely used all their strength to seal off her escape route. But now, with his fourth clone escaping, they wouldn't have the thought of going all out.
A great victory, albeit with a slight regret. But it was a great victory nonetheless.
This time, the fourth clone has devoured enough Abundance energy. Even if it goes to outer space, it won't end up like Kafka. It can drift in space for a while and then head to a new destination when a suitable opportunity arises.
Derick thought to himself.
Feixiao watched Derick's fourth clone leave, a slightly dissatisfied look on her face. She wanted to swing her weapon and shoot it down, but with the power generated by Phantylia's self-destruction, the clone was extremely fast, and she couldn't get a good aim.
"Forget it. We'll deal with it if it really causes harm to the universe," Huaiyan said, comforting Feixiao, Jing Yuan, and the others.
He had lived for too many years and had seen too many imperfect things. The current situation was already very satisfactory to him.
Huaiyan turned his head to look at Feixiao and said to her, "Feixiao, now you don't have to worry about your student facing difficulties from the other high-ranking officials of the Xianzhou."
Hearing this, a happy smile indeed appeared on Feixiao's face.
"You're right, old man."
The matter of her carrying the Crimson Moon of the Borisin would definitely attract dissatisfaction from some of the Xianzhou's high command. Feixiao knew that Derick had only taken half of the Crimson Moon but had to bear all the responsibility for it, and she felt quite indebted to him.
Now that the Reignbow Arbiter himself had come to personally verify Derick, all accusations would naturally vanish. What, the Reignbow Arbiter has deemed him fine, and you still have doubts? Then go and talk to the Reignbow Arbiter yourself.
Especially since Derick held no power; even if they wanted to feign compliance while acting in defiance, they would have no way to do so.
The matter of the Crimson Moon on Derick was completely settled. Even his previous slaughter of the Vidyadhara would not be a problem.
The Reignbow Arbiter considers him an outstanding junior of the Xianzhou, and you turn around and brand him a criminal?
Are you more correct than the Reignbow Arbiter?
The ones at fault were definitely those Dragon-Lords. Plus, their hands were certainly not clean. With a little investigation, a pile of criminal evidence could be found, and Derick would naturally be completely innocent.
"The rest of the matters are up to you, Jing Yuan. We who came to help should now get some good rest," Feixiao said to Jing Yuan as she flew towards Derick.
These outside helpers could assist in the fighting, but if they were also asked to do the post-battle cleanup, wouldn't that make Jing Yuan seem too incompetent?
Feixiao arrived beside Derick and the others and patted him on the shoulder. "Let's go, everyone. Let's call it a day. Derick, looking at you so limp, anyone who didn't know better would think you have a kidney deficiency."
"Teacher, next time you can try bearing the power of the Reignbow Arbiter," Derick rolled his eyes at her.
Teacher, you really will say anything.
Huaiyan also came to Yunli's side at this time. He said to his granddaughter, "Let's go, let's go back and rest too. Little Yunli, your performance this time was quite good."
"Grandpa, I feel like I didn't do well enough." Yunli glanced at Derick, then at herself, and felt that she was still somewhat lacking.
Huaiyan smiled kindly. "Little Yunli, people are different. As long as you do better than you did before, you should just compare yourself to yourself."
Although he said that, Yunli secretly resolved in her heart that she would definitely perform even better next time.
Speaking of Derick, Huaiyan walked over to him and said, "Last time, I said I would strengthen your weapon, but it broke during the battle just now. What are your plans for it?"
Hearing Huaiyan say this, Derick thought for a moment and said to him, "Old man, I want to fuse my two weapons."
The Lance of Divine Retribution was a greatsword, and the Spear of Divine Retribution was a short spear. Derick actually felt that as the intensity of the battles increased, these two weapons were becoming a bit inadequate. It was better to have a long weapon in hand.
"Good idea." Huaiyan nodded. He thought for a moment and said to Derick, "How about this: I'll have someone forge you a long halberd that can both thrust and slash. The spearhead and the front half of the shaft will be made from this greatsword plus other materials. The back half will be made from your short spear. At the same time, the end of the short spear will be preserved, normally hidden inside the shaft. When you need to fight, you can also turn this long halberd into a short spear and a longsword. The two weapons will be connected by a chain, allowing for both long-range separate actions and being joined together to prevent being snatched away."
Derick thought about the shape of the halberd. The length indeed met his needs of wanting to both thrust and slash.
"Then I'll have to trouble you, old man," Derick said to Huaiyan.
"It's fine, it's fine, it's no trouble at all."
Huaiyan shook his head with a chuckle. Anyway, all the work was going to be done by Yingxing. Huaiyan wished he had even more work to do. He even thought to himself whether he should add more requirements for Yingxing.
"Then I'll look forward to the good news, old man." Derick quickly handed the fragments of the Spear and Blade of Divine Retribution to General Huaiyan. After he was done, seeing his tired look, Castorice quickly said, "We should hurry back."
Ruan Mei didn't rush back. Instead, she led her second clone to absorb the remaining parts of Phantylia's corpse. There was still a lot of energy remaining on the corpse, and she had to take this opportunity to devour it clean.
"Fu Xuan, I'll leave the matters here to you. My battle with Phantylia has left me with many internal injuries. I need to rest now."
"General, if you feel you're not up to it and can't hold the position of the Luofu's General, then you should pass the position to me as soon as possible," Fu Xuan said to Jing Yuan, rolling her eyes.
"Ah… about that… soon, very soon…" Jing Yuan quickly laughed it off.
Derick and the others returned to the Spices-of-Life Inn.
Because he was too tired, Derick didn't even have time to check on Firefly, who had been picked up by Cipher. Returning to his room, he collapsed onto the bed, wanting to rest.
I'll just get a good night's sleep first.
Seeing Derick's exhausted appearance on the bed, Castorice felt a pang of heartache and stroked his face.
"Derick, you rest well. I'll stay here with you."
"Mhm." Derick nodded in a daze, but he slept even more peacefully.
And Castorice was very cooperative with him. Her hand left his waist and instead wrapped around his neck. At the same time, her legs, clad in white silk, came to where his hands were, crossing behind his waist…
Derick slept for a long time, not waking up until the evening.
When he woke up, he opened his eyes and saw Castorice already lying beside him. Her arms were wrapped around his waist, and a quiet smile was on her lips.
I'll just sneak a kiss!
Seeing Castorice like this, Derick couldn't help but think to himself.
But just as he leaned in, Castorice's eyes suddenly opened, a teasing smile in them.
"You're awake!" she said to him with a smile.
"Mhm." Although Derick was a little embarrassed at first, he quickly reacted. He reached out and pressed her waist.
"And I've rested very well. Now I feel like stretching my body a bit."
Derick's actions became even bolder.
And Castorice was very cooperative with him.
Her lips parted… and she gently held his earlobe… At the same time, her snow-white feet in their stockings intertwined with his…
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